Last week I get a call from Issac's sweet teacher telling me that Isaac has been sent to the principal for spitting in a boys eye. We of course were mortified and I immediately called Lyndon so that we could get on a unified discipline front. When he got home (after cleaning up buckets of rocks, scrubbing doors and writing apologies) I asked him why he did such a thing. Here is our conversation.
Mom: Were you mad at this little boy?
Isaac: No, he is my best friend.
Mom: Why in the world did you spit in his eye?
Issac: Well, I thought if I spit in his eye, I would be able to see better, kind of like magic you know.
Mom: Can't you see?
Isaac: Well, it's like (waving his hands around) and furry you know.
So though he had had his eyes tested just that week in school we decided to take him back to the eye doctor because of the "fur". While having his eyes tested they told us he was sick of the eye test and wouldn't let them cover his left eye, but he did perfect with his right so they "let him off the hook." After further testing they tell us that he has had lazy eye for years and has rendered him nearly blind in his left eye. That's why he can't read. That's why when his teachers tell him he can and he throws his pencil and says "I can't" he is right and they are wrong. His pre-school teachers told me a boy that bright was just being stubborn and that I just needed to push him harder (pretty glad I took that piece of advice and chucked it). He sees a pediatric eye surgeon tomorrow. Send a prayer for him will you?
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Nice to hear from you again. I'm praying for you and all your dear little ones.
We've been there heather. We never did the ped surgeon thing but we've been to several eye doctors before finding out. Since then, we've had years of eye patches and eye exercises and, as you know, glasses. Daylon has a lazy eye that has gone blind too. They were able to bring it back to 20/20 vision (with glasses) with eye patches and excercise. Sorry that they caught it so late though (not a good thing BTW. They say that by the age of about 10, it's perminant). Hugs and prayers and lots of good thoughts all around. Please keep us updated!
Been there done that. The joys of being a mother! by the way the blog is open. love ya
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Finally answers!!!! Makes you wonder why HF didn't just send a whisper to get his eyes checked years ago...
We are praying for you and btw the website for Kyle's mentor is tjedmarketplace.com. I think Vaun would do a great job.
I'm so sorry, poor kid! Thank goodness they can actually have a chance at fixing things like that nowadays. Good luck and I'll be praying for him! Keep us posted...
oh my goodness! sweet isaac. i'm so glad he was finally able to tell you about the "fur" in this eye. that is too sad. how frustrating for him. sometimes a friend has to take some spit in the eye to get things worked out. i will pray for him and look forward to hearing how things went today. i know it will be strange because you are not used to ever having any of your boys see a doctor for anything. haha. sorry.
What an unfurling of a story--all from spit in the eye.
Hope all goes well with surgery and recovery.
I feel like I am in the dark I didn't hear about any of this. Oh my heck! Poor little guy. We are praying for him good luck!
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